List of shipwrecks in 1884

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The list of shipwrecks in 1884 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1884.

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1884
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May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1884
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Clarence  Royal Navy The reformatory ship was destroyed by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1884
ShipCountryDescription
City of Columbus  United States
USRC Dexter (left) aiding the wrecked City of Columbus (right).
The passenger steamer was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean off the Gay Head Cliffs in Aquinnah, Massachusetts, with the loss of 103 lives. The 29 survivors were rescued by two boats launched from shore by Wampanoags and by the revenue cutter USRC Dexter ( United States Revenue Cutter Service).

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Cviet  Austria-Hungary The 381-ton barque of Ragusa was deliberately run aground, 300 meters (328 yards) east of Porthleven harbour, Cornwall, England, during a severe gale in an attempt to save the lives of the crew. Six hundred tons of logs were salvaged; three of the crew lost their lives.[1]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1884
ShipCountryDescription
G D T Canada Canada The brigantine was driven ashore in St Aubin's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands, and was wrecked.[2]
Goefredo  Portugal The steamship, formerly the White Star Line ocean liner Belgic, ran aground off Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. She was refloated and sent to Liverpool, England, for repairs.

February

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Alexandra  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Cardingan. Her four crew were rescued by the lifeboat Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Porthmadog, Merionethshire, Wales to Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales.[3]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Advance  New South Wales The schooner ran aground in Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, and was wrecked.

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Samuel  Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked east of Worms Head, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, to Santos, Brazil.[4][4]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Goefredo  Portugal The steamship, formerly the White Star Line ocean liner Belgic, had undergone repairs at Liverpool, England, due to an earlier incident, but while leaving the port, bound for Havana, Cuba, she ran onto Burbo Bank at the mouth of the River Mersey and was wrecked.

March

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Pizarro  United Kingdom The barque was sighted off Gabo Island, Victoria. Subsequently foundered off the coast of Queensland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland to Cooktown, Queensland.[5]

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Herald  United Kingdom The paddle steamer sank off North Head, Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, Australia, after suffering a burst boiler. Both men aboard escaped safely in one of her boats.

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Daniel Steinmann  Belgium The steamer ran aground on the Madrock Shoal, off Sambro Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, with the loss of 121 of the 130 passengers and crew.[6]

May

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1884
ShipCountryDescription
J.S. Seaverns  United States The screw steamer sank in Lake Superior at Michipicoten, Ontario, Canada, with no loss of life. Her wreck was discovered in 2016.

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Ilyrian  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked on Cape Clear Island, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[7]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Syria  United Kingdom
The wreck of Syria.
The sailing ship ran aground on the Nasili Reef off Fiji with the loss of 59 lives.

July

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Gravina  Spanish Navy The Velasco-class unprotected cruiser sank in a typhoon north of Luzon in the Spanish East Indies.

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1884
ShipCountryDescription
John M. Osborn  United States The wooden screw steamer sank with the loss of three lives 6 miles (9.7 km) west-northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior after she was rammed by the steamer Alberta Canada Canada.[8]

August

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Chenhang  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The armed transport was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Foochow (now Fuzhou), China, by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all  French Navy).
Feiyun  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The sloop-of-war was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Foochow (now Fuzhou), China, by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all  French Navy).[9]
Fusheng  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The flatiron gunboat was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Foochow (now Fuzhou), China, by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all  French Navy).[9]
Fuxing  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The gunboat sank in the Min River at Foochow (now Fuzhou), China, after being attacked successfully by a French Navy pinnace with a spar torpedo.
Ji'an  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The sloop-of-war was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Foochow (now Fuzhou), China, by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all  French Navy).[9]
Jiansheng  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The flatiron gunboat was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Foochow (now Fuzhou), China, by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all  French Navy).[9]
Yangwu  Imperial Chinese Navy
The wreck of Yangwu, photographed in 1884.
Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The sloop-of-war exploded and sank in the Min River at Foochow (now Fuzhou) after being attacked successfully by a French Navy torpedo boat with a spar torpedo.
Yongbao  Imperial Chinese Navy
The wreck of Yongbao (at left), photographed in 1884.
Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The armed transport was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Foochow (now Fuzhou), China, by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all  French Navy).
Zhenwei  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The gunboat exploded and sank in the Min River at Foochow (now Fuzhou), China, because of a single shell hit by the ironclad corvette Triomphante ( French Navy).[9]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Unidentified torpedo launch  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The torpedo launch was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Foochow (now Fuzhou), China, by the cruiser Duguay-Trouin ( French Navy).
Unidentified torpedo launch  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The torpedo launch was abandoned in the Min River at Foochow (now Fuzhou), China, after she came under fire by the cruiser Duguay-Trouin ( French Navy). The launch's crew swam to shore.

September

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Ellen  United Kingdom The smack foundered off Cardigan. Three people were rescued by the lifeboat Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[3]
Unda  Norway The brigantine foundered of Cardigan. Her six crew were rescued by the lifeboat Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[3]

9-10 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Fenella  United Kingdom
Fenella aground.
The screw steamer struck a rock in the Menai Strait, grounded, refloated, collided with Prince Arthur (flag unknown), then grounded again near the Menai Bridge on the Isle of Anglesey in north Wales, without loss of life. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Unidentified brig Flag unknown The brig was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef between Cornwall, England, and the Isles of Scilly.[10]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1884
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Wasp  Royal Navy The Banterer-class screw gunboat ran aground off Tory Island, Ireland, and sank with the loss of 52 lives. Six people survived.
Welsh Prince  United Kingdom The steamship was disabled and ran aground when a rope became entangled around her propeller at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. Her passengers were taken off by the lifeboat William James Holt ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Welsh Prince was subsequently refloated and returned to service.[4]

October

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Christina Nilsson  United States The schooner struck a reef and sank in Lake Michigan off Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, during a blizzard.

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1884
ShipCountryDescription
SMS Undine  Imperial German Navy The training ship, a brig, was wrecked on the northern coast of Jutland in Denmark during a storm with the loss of one life.[11][12]

November

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Silentium  Sweden The steamship collided with the steamer Pennland ( Belgium) off the Goodwin Sands, in the English Channel and sank.[2]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Chandler J. Wells  United States The schooner ran aground in Lake Michigan off Whiskey Island, Michigan.

December

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Echo  United Kingdom The vessel was overwhelmed by weather off the Corbiere, Jersey, Channel Islands. All aboard drowned.[13]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1884
ShipCountryDescription
SMS Marie  Imperial German Navy The Carola-class corvette ran aground on a reef off Neu Mecklenburg, German New Guinea and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 29 December and put into Nusa, German New Guinea for repairs.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Atrato  United Kingdom The paddle steamer sank.
Ohio  United States The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the harbor at Greenport, New York.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1884
ShipCountryDescription
Elliott Richie  United States The waterlogged bark-rigged sternwheel paddle steamer was abandoned off Pernambuco, Brazil.[14]
Olano  United Kingdom The barque was lost off Cape Horn, Chile.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Larn, R; Larn, B. (1991). Shipwrecks Around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
  2. 1 2 "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Fiji". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  7. ↑ "Illyrian". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Great Lakes Vessels Online Index". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, New York: Mayflower Books, 1979, ISBN 0-8317-0302-4, p. 398.].
  10. ↑ Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
  11. ↑ wrecksite.eu SMS Undine (+1884)
  12. ↑ Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, New York: Mayflower Books, 1979, ISBN 0-8317-0302-4, p. 265.].
  13. ↑ "MEMORIAL: M4585". blogs.rmg.co.uk. Retrieved 25 Aug 2015.
  14. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Harriet Lane
  15. ↑ "Olano". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
Ship events in 1884
Ship launches: 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
Ship commissionings: 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
Ship decommissionings: 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
Shipwrecks: 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
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